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Richard Barrett

Robert Worby reviews new CDs with Neil Luck, and introduces a performance of Richard Barrett's new piece Close-Up, performed by Ensemble Studio6, recorded in Oxford in March.

Robert Worby reviews new CDs of contemporary music with Neil Luck, and introduces a performance of Richard Barrett's new large-scale piece Close-Up, performed by Ensemble Studio6, recorded at Audiograft festival in Oxford in March. The work explores the relationship between pre-composed and spontaneously improvised musical actions.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Lucy Railton

    The Critical Rush

    Performer: Lucy Railton.
    • Paradise 94.
    • Modern Love.
    • 3.
  • Christopher Fox

    Stone.Wind.Rain.Sun

    Performer: Heather Roche.
    • METIER.
  • Louis D'Heudieres

    Autoglob

    Performer: Louis D'Heudieres.
    • Autoglossia.
    • Weekend EP Project.
  • GyΓ¶rgy Ligeti

    Musica Ricercata: No. 7

    Performer: Ian Pace.
    • Floating, Drifting.
    • Louth Contemporary Music Society.
    • 1.
  • Michael Zev Gordon

    Crystal Clear

    Performer: Ian Pace.
    • Floating, Drifting.
    • Louth Contemporary Music Society.
    • 1.
  • Luciano Berio

    Wasserklavier

    Performer: Ian Pace.
    • Floating, Drifting.
    • Louth Contemporary Music Society.
    • 4.
  • Richard Barrett

    Close-Up

    Ensemble: Ensemble Studio6.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 May 2018 22:00

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